You can use the vastool command from the command line to create and delete users, as well as list user information.

To create a user, use the vastool create command. The following command creates a non-Unix-enabled user, bsmith, in Active Directory:

vastool create bsmith

To create a user that has its Unix account enabled, pass in an /etc/passwd formatted string using the -i option, as follows:

vastool create -i "bsmith:x:1003:1000:Bob:/home/bsmith:/bin/bash" bsmith 

By default, all users created with vastool create are created in the Users container. To create a user in a different organizational unit, use the -c command line option.

The following command creates a Unix-enabled user, bsmith, in the OU=sales,DC=example,DC=com organizational unit:

vastool create -i \ 
  "bsmith:x:1003:1000:Bob:/home/bsmith:/bin/bash" \ 
  -c "OU=sales,DC=example,DC=com" bsmith

To delete a user, use vastool delete. The following command deletes the bsmith user:

vastool delete bsmith

To list users, use vastool list users. The vastool list users command returns information from the local account cache. The following command lists all the users with Unix accounts enabled:

vastool list users

This command produces output similar to the following:

pspencer:VAS:1000:1000:Pat Spencer:/home/pspencer:/bin/bash 
djones:VAS:1001:1000:Dave Jones:/home/djones:/bin/bash 
molsen:VAS:1002:1000:Mary Olsen:/home/molsen/bin/bash 
bsmith:VAS:1003:1000:Bob Smith:/home/bsmith:/bin/bash